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How does the biochemical pathway of a ketogenic diet and its impact on biology/nutrition/medicine relate to
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2. Your friend has decided to start a ketogenic diet in which they consume high-lipids, moderate protein and little/no carbohydrates. Answer the following questions regarding how this diet is affecting your friend. Be specific and concise please.

(A) Being on such a diet, what metabolite is increased in your friend (hint: also increased in starvation)? Where in the cell and from what are they made from? (2pts)

(B) What metabolic disorder could this lead to? What are the clinical signs and symptoms of this disorder (include lab values)? (4 pts)

(C) Explain the process through which this metabolic disorder (B) occurs (hint: similar to uncontrolled diabetics) (5pts)

(D) How does the metabolite in (A) allow continuation of fatty acid oxidation in the liver? (2pt)

(E) What types of steps make up the four basic steps of beta oxidation (2 pts)?

(F) Odd-chain fatty acids generate acetyl CoA plus a three carbon compound. What is this compound (1 pt)? How is the three carbon compound further metabolized (include the enzymes, cofactors, and substrates) (3 pts) and what is the fate of the resulting compound?

Based on the Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range (AMDR), a range of 45 to 65 % of daily total calories should come from carbohydrates. If you consume 209 grams of carbohydrate and 67 grams of sugar for an entire meal, how does this meal fit into a 2200 kcal/day diet (show your work)?

Facts about Eating Disorders

Azah is the most in demand football player of his time. He always ensures he gets proper diet and exercise to keep him fit until one day; he got disappointed of their lost championship. He felt he was responsible for the loss that he began to change his attitude and his lifestyle. He no longer goes to the gym regularly and despite his very good skills in football, the extra weight give him a hard time in winning goals.

Out of frustrations, he deprived himself into proper diet and consumed less amount of food until he ended up to starvation. With this daily regimen, he was diagnosed with an eating disorder syndrome called “anorexia nervosa” that keeps him struggling back to cope up his longtime dream of becoming a successful football player.

Tasks/Questions;

In the case above, what do you think is the eating disorder suffered by Azah? Prove your answer.

Differentiate the two types of eating disorders and discuss at least three possible ways for him to overcome his disorder.

If you were a media personality how are you going to promote nutrition and healthy lifestyle?

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